BEST TV SHOWS
Dec 16, 2021
3 minutes
BY JUDY BERMAN
1 The Underground Railroad
n adapting Colson Whitehead’s novel about a young enslaved woman’s (Thuso Mbedu) slightly fantastical journey north, Barry Jenkins improved upon a masterpiece, expanding minimal prose into an immersive audiovisual and moral landscape. While his insightful direction yielded indelible performances, bespoke music and production design made each episode a discrete allegorical world. Although it would’ve been a breathtaking achievement at any time, in a year when racists revolted at the Capitol and in the classroom, it felt as essential
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